How do you handle your passwords? (beehaw.org)

submitted 6 months ago by Dymonika@beehaw.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I rely on Bitwarden (slooowly migrating from... a spreadsheet...) and am thinking of keeping a master backup to be SyncThing-synchronized across all my devices, but I'm not sure of how to secure the SyncThing-synchronized files' local access if any one of my Windows or Android units got stolen and somehow cracked into or something. I'm curious about how others handle theirs. Thanks in advance for sharing!

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[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago

Im not sure if that’s what you mean but I just export the Bitwarden database in an encrypted json and have it backed up in cloud. I’m not sure why you need the backup synced with all devices tho

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

I guess it's in cases when I may not be able to use Bitwarden, but... I suppose it can be used everywhere! Clearly, I'm new to this thing, so that's good to know!

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh, that changes things. So, Bitwarden can be used basically anywhere, as you said. Just log in and there you are. It’s even a website. They’re servers would have to die for it to be a problem. But that’s not a real problem actually as the app keeps a local copy on the device and every time you open the app, it syncs with their servers and updates the vault (database). So the devices are synced by default really. If you want to back it up anyway, there is a „export vault” button which you can use. If you choose with encryption it’s going to be encrypted with the master password I think :)

PS Bitwarden (company) stores only the encrypted version on their servers so that’s not an issue either